Relax, Britain isn’t getting more racist
There is an obvious media appetite for any titbit that might be used to portray Britain as a nation sliding into extremism
Heresy of the week: Our leaders have no idea what they’re doing – but that’s the way they like it
What is it that causes our politicians to make so many unforced errors?
Capitalism won’t be destroyed by its failures, but its greatest success is another matter
What happens to capitalism once marginal costs fall to the point at which its products can be given away for free?
Industrial policy should be about upsetting the private sector establishment
Whatever the industrial sector – energy, finance, IT, transport, defence – there is no mistaking the widespread and pernicious influence of the lobbyists
UKIP Derangement Disorder – German style
In an era where ‘anti-system’ parties of various kinds are challenging the political establishment, we need an objective means of distinguishing between them
Theresa May and the future of the Conservative Party
The police service is one area of the public sector where Conservatives have traditionally outdone Labour in the indulgence of failure
Heresy of the week: Dead people should have the vote
As the Greek proverb has it: “a society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
Government should provide support for new energy technologies, but not all of them
In deciding whether to provide upfront public support for a new technology we need an assessment of its potential for cost reduction
Cuba: Not, in fact, a socialist paradise
Compared to the Kims, the Castros get a pretty good press in the West, with various useful idiots willing to present their dictatorship as some kind of success story
Homeownership isn’t to blame for our crazy housing market
Housing doesn’t work like other markets, but homeownership isn’t the reason why
Cutting the number of Whitehall departments is missing the point
To distract their critics, Labour’s Treasury team will make a big thing of the administrative savings they intend to make
Heresy of the week: We should think about independence for Yorkshire
For all the progress on localisation made by some ministers, the centralising instinct still lurks within Whitehall’s bosom
The heavy price we pay for cheap money
Ultra low interest rates aren’t just bad for savers
UKIP Derangement Disorder: further reports
While some Ukippers don’t mind dishing out insults – ‘LibLabCon’, ‘EUSSR’ etc – they get worse in return
How much do we really care about Britain’s high infant mortality?
Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Cyprus all have lower infant mortality rates than we do